On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:09:53 -0500 Shane Mage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is quite interesting that, in the long summary of Della Volpe's > "materialist logic," the word *mathematics* does not appear > even once.
To the best of my knowledge, Della Volpe did not write on the philosophy of mathematics, although I could be wrong on that point since much of his work remains untranslated from Italian. So, Shane, what would you say about mathematics in terms of an exposition of "materialist logic"? Presumably, Della Volpe's analysis of scientific materialist dialectics as following a pattern ofConcrete-Abstract-Concrete (C-A-C), would have some implications for our understanding of mathematics. Jim F. > > Shane Mage > > "When we read on a printed page the doctrine of Pythagoras that all > things are made of numbers, it seems mystical, mystifying, even > downright silly. > > When we read on a computer screen the doctrine of Pythagoras that > all > things are made of numbers, it seems self-evidently true." (N. > Weiner) > > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
